republicans including karl rove are halving at her chances in the general senate election. the question is, did delaware voters just hand joe biden's old seat to the democrats? meanwhile, another big whip for the tea party in new york where a millionaire from buff hoe knocks off republican party favorite rick lazio for the right to take on andrew cuomo. the question is can karl paladino at least make things interesting? we'll see. and just a couple of days after california gubernatorial candidate jerry brown brought up monica lewinsky, clinton endorses brown. will the campaign rivals and new best buds stand arm in arm on stage? way it too early for this. good morning, i'm willie geist and this is way too early, the show that rode a wave of anti-establishment sentiment

into this job. i'm glad you're up with us this morning. shoot me an event mail at way too early at msnbc.com. let me know why you're awake. or you can come text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be a cram session for this wednesday, september 15th. a lot to tell you about today, including charlie rangel brushesing off ethics charges to keep his seat and the mayor of washington, d.c. losing his. plus, a little extra inning drama for you in the battle for first place between the yankees and rays in tampa, the reeling yanks blew a six run lead. we'll see if they could stage a comeback of hair own to get back into it first place, but first let's get to the news hive at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. we've got the results of yesterday's primaries. as i said in delaware, tea part i favorite christine o'donnell

defeated mike castle to win that state's republican nomination for united states senate. o'donnell finished with more than 53% of the vote. >> we're in this to win. and we're in this to win big. and win big we did. don't ever underestimate the power of we the people. >> the last several weeks have been spirited, shall we say. and the voters in the republican primary have spoken and i respect that decision. i had a very nice speech prepared here hoping i would win this race and talked about thing we'd be able to do to create jobs and reduce taxes and those

things that make a difference to delaware. still a long ways to go, by the way. i still have some time in office. so i will be fervently trying to carry out my responsibilities. >> a shocking loss for mike castle. meanwhile, christine o'donnell is front page news in all the national papers. here she is on the front of the "new york times," "washington post," and the "wall street journal" declaring this morning tea party claiming a big win. analysts, however, now see o'donnell's victory as a set back for the republican party since polls suggest she enters november's race against chris kuntss as the underdog and she not have the support of her former rival or the party as a whole. a castle campaign source tells the long time congressman will not be endorsing o'donnell and they do not want to fund her race. karl rove also made it clear last night that o'donnell hurts

the party's chances of recapturing the senate in november. o'donnell says she does not need the support of the establishment. >> it does conservatives little good to support candidates who at the end of the day, while they may be conservative in their public statements do not advance the characteristics of rectitude and truthfulness and sincerity and character that the voters are looking for. >> i think there's a lot of nut itity things she's been saying. >> sounds like you don't support her will, but i will tell you, i think -- >> i'm for the republican, but i got to tell you, we were looking at eight to nine seats in the senate. we're now looking to seven to eight. this is not a race we'll be able to win. >> many national republicans have said simply you cannot win in november. do you need their money, can you win without it? >> well, good. they don't have a winning track record. but of course there's a greater good here. and i would love hair support. but they're the same so-called experts who said that i couldn't win the primary.

that's a lot of visionaries and leaders that you've seen here in this room who believe we can win. and if they're too lazy to put in the effort that we need to win, then so be it. we're going to win without them. i'd love their support, but we'll win without them. >> the and he party trying to pull off a similar victory in new hampshire where the republican race for u.s. senate is still too close to call. with 85% of precincts reporting, former attorney general kelly ayotte who is backed by establishment republicans holds a rozor thin lead 38.2 to 37.5. in new york, carl paladino upset former congressman rick lazio for the republican nomination for governor. p

pal. >> yes, we are as hell. new yorkers are fed up. tonight the ruling class knows they've seen it now, okay? they not only know it, but they've seen it. there's a people's revolution. every day new yorkers are just mad enough to force change at the ballot box. the people have had enough. >> paladino will now face andrew cuomo in november. most experts don't give mr. paladino much of a shot against cuomo, but he will certainly make the race interesting. also in new york, charlie rangel

gel brushing it all off, easily surviving a primary challenge by five different rrivals. his most aggressive challenger adam clayton powell finished with 23%. so charlie rangel hangs on there. but if reports are any indication, expect challenges to primary results in the state of new york. yesterday the yesterday.

>> today unfortunately we have hearing disturbing reports that some polling sites have been very disturbing. we've been told of some polling sites that opened two to four hours late. that is a royal screw up and it's completely unacceptable. >> the nation's capital will be choosing a new mayor this fall after voters there rejected in-dumb content ad easily beat

lesser known opponents yesterday. they will being competing for the seat vacated by retiring congressman david obeq who has represented the district since 1969.yq who has represented the district since 1969. who has represented the district since 1969. bill clinton endorsing jerry bill clinton endorsing jerry brown, the democratic candidate talks if israel does not extend its ban on jewish settlement construction in the west bank. that is due to expire here this month.

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>> plus harry reid spent tuesday just as sued expect him to, defeating with lady gaga. their in-creditabcredible back when way too early comes back. 5:45 in the morning. our nation's capital, washington, d.c. by the way, we, way too early and morning joe, will be there and morning joe, will be there tomorrow for the health on. we have a tropical storm making landfall in mexico morning. this is karl. popped up yesterday in a hurry and now it's heading in to mexico and then it will be in the gulf of mexico and then hitting mexico again. this will not head for texas, but could be a hurricane in about a day or two as it crotta. midwest kind of stormy. >> good looking weather tomorrow

morning in washington. all right, thank you so much.

around these allegations reflect in any way on the dignity of this award nor on any other institutions or individuals. the heisman trust has yet to decide if it will give the troe foye vince young who finished second in the voting for the award or if they'll just leave the award vacant. vince young says he doesn't want it five years later. this is toler to watch harry reid -- what do you think he spent the day doing? helping out the campaigns? no, he was texting with lady gaga. what exactly did this wild doe duo have to talk about? we'll explore it when way too early comes right back. that's another woman i got to thank. vote against the politics of personal destruction. >> christine o'donnell of delaware thanking sarah palin last night. o'donnell added to the tea party's win streak by knocking off mike castle. if you want to sound smart

today, tell your friends that eight tea party candidates have beaten their republican vie valu rivals in this year's primaries. republicans need to win ten seats to gain a majority in the senate and as you heard karl rove say earlier, that's unlikely to happen now. let's talk about some of the mindless trivia you crave. want to take you back to 1996, m it tv is the network. they did a special about abstinence and they interviewed one young christine o'donnell who had founded her own abstinence group. >> we need to address sexual itity with young people. it it is important to discuss this from a moral point of view. masturbation is a selfish act.

and it's a lustful one and we're to walk with pure hearts, not lusting hearts. >> the bible is clear in the fact that it says that any sexual act outside of the realm of marriage is wrong. >> there you go. i couldn't even hear what they were saying because i was so focused on the hit "one of us." good one. do you remember we had john mccain and snookie tweeting back and forth? an ad pair talking about the tanning tax. john mccain said he hilikes snookie. now harry reid and lady gaga yesterday tweeting. it started as a conversation then it was a conversation about two friends getting together. lady gaga writes there is a vote on gay veterans, repeal "don't ask, don't tell," call harry reid to schedule a senate vote. and then we bounce back. harry reid. there is a vote on "don't ask, don't tell" next week. anyone qualified to serve his country should be allowed to do so. good enough. lady gaga comes back with god

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